2 - Islamic Terror

Islamic terrorism fueled by hatred of the West and Israel pushes the world to the brink of total chaos.

Terrorism, fueled by fanatical Islamic ideology, has reared its ugly head over and over again in the last twenty-five years. For the United States it began with the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979. The next attack occurred when Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in 1983, killing 63 people. Then on October 23, 1983 – also in Beirut – a truck bomb slammed into a U.S. Marine barracks, killing 241 U.S. soldiers.

Islamic terror first came to American soil on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was exploded in the World Trade Center in New York City. This was a dreadful portent of the rising threat to America and the world. But few realized the ominous nature of that event at that time.

On September 11, 2001, the entire world was awakened suddenly to the awfulness of the new global threat – a threat unlike anything the world has ever seen. Feeding on hate for the West and Israel, a well-organized network of Islamic radicals had begun its open warfare with the United States. This was the first stunning attack that gripped the nation, but it was only the portent of many more.

Reuters reports than Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on June 26 that Iran’s “enemies” would never succeed in stopping its nuclear activities.

“On the nuclear issue … the enemies were not able to stop our nation and will never succeed in stopping our program,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech in late June.
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Ezekiel 38-39 is the famous biblical prophecy that predicts an end time war commonly known as the Battle of Gog and Magog. Ezekiel 38:5 says that Iran will be part of this end time coalition of nations that will invade Israel and "cover the land like a cloud." Current developments in Iran and its neighboring nations indicate that the Gog coalition could be forming before our eyes. Three recent developments in Iran point toward the biblical scenario described in Ezekiel 38-39.

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Two alliances are growing before our eyes in a monumental struggle for control of the Middle East and its vast oil treasure. Russia and Iran are forging stronger ties as evidenced by Russia’s agreement to sell Iran 250 advanced long-range fighters. This news comes on top of Russia’s sale of one billion dollars worth of missiles to Iran a couple of years ago. That’s two huge military deals in a little over two years.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is contemplating a run for the White House, issued a sobering warning against Iran getting the bomb. On July 19, 2007, he noted that an Iranian nuclear strike against the U.S. could be more devastating than the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941. But he then added, "The stakes for Israel are even greater. The use of one or more nuclear weapons against Israel would constitute a second genocide of the Jewish people. He then concluded: "Indeed, the Iranian President does not even require us to read a book like Mein Kampf to understand how serious he is. He enthusiastically makes speeches proclaiming to the world his commitment to genocidal annihilation of another nation. Meanwhile, the civilized world wrings its hands and the United Nations acts with contemptible weakness."

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There seems to be growing talk that Israel and/or the U.S. is planning to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities very soon. Iran has already reached a point of nuclear no return and is within 2 years of having a nuclear bomb. In light of this, a recent headline in Ha’aretz is very illuminating.

Report: Iran has 600 targets for missile strike in Israel if attacked
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At midnight on May 24, 2007 the latest deadline set by the UN Security Council against Iran’s nuclear program passed without compliance by Iran. The next morning the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Iran has not only failed to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities, but has actually accelerated, upgraded, and expanded them. The IAEA issued its report which triggers new sanctions on Iran. The stage is now set for the standoff to ratchet up another notch—possibly a very big notch.

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On every side Israel finds itself in much the same situation as last summer . . . only this summer could be worse.

"Israelis Bomb Hamas Targets in Gaza . . . ." Is the headline for a major article in the New York Times this Sunday, May 27.

Although Israel has not yet authorized the use of ground troops in Gaza, the situation is deteriorating. Since May 15 the Israeli Army reports that more than 225 rockets have been launced toward Israel. On Saturday evening alone 12 Qassam rockets were launched.

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Dr. Mark Hitchcock, in an interview on the FOX network, discussed Israel’s struggle with Hamas and Hezbollah and its relationship to biblical prophecy.

Watch this video and learn more about the constant Israeli struggle with terrorist groups which could lead to a nuclear confrontation between Israel and Iran. Read the rest of this entry »

The prophet Ezekiel predicted almost 2,600 years ago that Rosh (modern Russia) would lead an end time invasion of Israel. The allies of Russia in this invasion are ancient places that today are Central Asia (Magog), Iran (Persia), Libya (Put), Turkey (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togarmah), and Sudan (Cush)—all of which are Islamic nations. In previous articles we have speculated about what could possibly draw Russia into such an alliance against Israel.

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